Australia's national COVID-19 primary care response
Corresponding Author
Jane Desborough
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSally Hall Dykgraaf
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorLucas de Toca
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorStephanie Davis
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorLeslee Roberts
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorCatherine Kelaher
Chief Medical Officer Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Kidd
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jane Desborough
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSally Hall Dykgraaf
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorLucas de Toca
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorStephanie Davis
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorLeslee Roberts
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorCatherine Kelaher
Chief Medical Officer Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Kidd
College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT
Search for more papers by this authorThe unedited version of this article was published as a preprint on mja.com.au on 29 May 2020.
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